Thank you for your warm welcome and your answer! I was aware of the 5ex Discrimination Act - is there anything to suggest a babysitting job within the parents' own home could be exempt? When I've looked it up I couldn't find anything to suggest that.
I ask all this because I got turned down for a babysitting job by my agency recently because the parents insisted that the babysitter was female, whereas I am male. If you have any advice on what I should consider doing next, that would be great.
The agency itself, and the people behind it, are great and I'm really enjoying the work - I have no desire to get on their wrong side while at the same time as being committed to standing up for anti-discriminatory practice. They said when I started that I may get less jobs than others as some parents may be reluctant on hiring a male babysitter. At the time, I said I was well up for the challenge of being able to change those parents' minds - and I am. However, it occurred to me when I got declined recently that the parents, and the agency, inadvertently may be operating outside the law.
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